The paper illustrates the metapoetic role of scents and aromas in Virgil’s second eclogue: plants, flowers, and fragrances define the bucolic space and ensure its generic coherence. A comparison with Gallus in the tenth eclogue allows us to interpret the presence or absence of olfactory elements as a metaliterary signal of adherence to or rejection of the bucolic code. While Corydon never crosses the boundaries of the bucolic genre, Gallus withdraws from the world into which Virgil had tried to draw him, confirming the impossibility of resolving the elegiac conflict in bucolic terms.
Una lettura 'odorifera' della seconda ecloga di Virgilio
Piergiuseppe Pandolfo
2026-01-01
Abstract
The paper illustrates the metapoetic role of scents and aromas in Virgil’s second eclogue: plants, flowers, and fragrances define the bucolic space and ensure its generic coherence. A comparison with Gallus in the tenth eclogue allows us to interpret the presence or absence of olfactory elements as a metaliterary signal of adherence to or rejection of the bucolic code. While Corydon never crosses the boundaries of the bucolic genre, Gallus withdraws from the world into which Virgil had tried to draw him, confirming the impossibility of resolving the elegiac conflict in bucolic terms.File in questo prodotto:
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